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Travel tidbits: Nix the baggage handlers; MSP wind turbines; DTW’s ambulances

05/08/09
Would you load your own baggage? You book online, you print out your own boarding pass, why not load your own luggage on the plane? According to a Reuter’s report: Europe’s largest low-cost airline Ryanair is looking at the possibility of getting passengers to carry their luggage all the way to the plane, cutting out […]

In-flight toilet tax? Plumb crazy.

02/27/09
Some folks were predicting that this would be the year that some airlines start charging passengers by weight.  But it looks like this will be the year that some airlines – or maybe just those wacky nickel-and-dime’em folks at RyanAir – are going to start charging folks to use the lav. What do you think?

Ready for cell phones on airplanes?

02/22/09
Air France gave it a test run last year and now Ryanair is going full speed ahead with in-flight cell-phone service. Here’s a report from CNN about one of the first (press-heavy) flights.  Wish I’d been there just to see the cell-phone costume in person. Embedded video from CNN Video